Manual Pipetting Best Practices

10 Tips To Improve Your Pipetting Technique

Of all the factors contributing to the performance of a pipette, the most critical is the skill of the operator. Whether you work in a regulated environment and need to demonstrate pipette operator proficiency, are responsible for quality assurance, or simply want to ensure that your lab generates reliable, reproducible data, pipetting technique and the performance of your pipette are paramount. This poster demonstrates the fundamentals of pipetting technique, such as plunger pressure and speed, selection of proper pipetting mode and pipette tips, and the need to work at temperature equilibrium.